I would have made it a poll but not sure how to do that 
Also I dont think its biased at all towards MP. Infact if anything id say it was the other way around. Think of how many MP focused players probably said I will check back later and hope for the best.
Whatever your poision may be, LAN/Online, PBEM, or Hotseat, the versions should be true to the single player game and not cut down knock offs. When I play these games its normally LAN, randomly online, but only with friends.
Box says 2-16 MP, we can barely get 3 to work for more then an hour. SP/MP should be the same game just subing humans for AI. Interesting read though on both sides.